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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
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Formicinae
›
Plagiolepidini
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Plagiolepis
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Plagiolepis exigua
Plagiolepis
exigua
Forel, 1894
valid
Plagiolepis exigua
Forel, 1894c
: 417 (w.q.) INDIA (Maharashtra, Karnataka). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: India: Poona (
Wroughton
), India: Kanara (
Aitken
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0101305
.
Viehmeyer, 1916a
: 145 (m.)
Combination in
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis)
:
Wheeler, 1922
: 929.
Status as species:
Forel, 1895d
: 245;
Bingham, 1903
: 323;
Forel, 1912a
: 72;
Forel, 1913b
: 338;
Forel, 1913l
: 100;
Donisthorpe, 1915f
: 344;
Forel, 1916
: 437;
Viehmeyer, 1916a
: 145;
Emery, 1921d
: 317;
Wheeler, 1922
: 929, 1035;
Emery, 1925d
: 20;
Stärcke, 1926a
: 118 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1927c
: 396;
Wheeler, 1928c
: 31;
Wheeler, 1929h
: 62;
Wheeler, 1930k
: 74;
Wheeler, 1934i
: 16;
Wheeler, 1935g
: 38;
Santschi, 1937h
: 377;
Teranishi, 1940
: 59;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 213;
Wilson & Taylor, 1967b
: 86;
Bolton, 1995b
: 335;
Tang
et al.
, 1995
: 97;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 362;
Dorow, 1996a
: 89;
Lin & Wu, 2003
: 62;
Framenau & Thomas, 2008
: 66;
Terayama, 2009
: 213 (in key);
Collingwood
et al.
, 2011
: 467;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2011
: 206 (redescription);
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 35;
Borowiec, 2014
: 145 (see note in bibliography);
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 30;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 54.
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
P. e. quadrimaculata
Forel, 1902
Citations
Bharti, H.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Bharti, M.
;
Economo, E. P.
2016.
An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 551:1-83.
PDF
Bingham, C. T.
1903.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps.
London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, L.
2014.
Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340.
PDF
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
;
Agosti, D.
1996.
Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2).
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15:300-385.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
;
Agosti, D.
;
Sharaf, M. R.
;
van Harten, A.
2011.
Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae.
Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4:405-474.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1915f.
British ants, their life-history and classification.
Plymouth: Brendon & Son Ltd., xv + 379 pp.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1927c.
British ants, their life history and classification (2nd edn.).
London: G. Routledge and Sons, xvi + 436 pp.
Dorow, W. H. O.
1996a.
Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Journal of African Zoology 110:73-96.
PDF
Emery, C.
1921d.
Notes critiques de myrmécologie. [IX-X.].
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 61:313-319.
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Forel, A.
1894c.
Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IV.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 8:396-420.
PDF
Forel, A.
1895d.
Nouvelles fourmis de l'Imerina oriental (Moramanga etc.).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:243-251.
PDF
Forel, A.
1912a.
H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) [Combined reference].
Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 1:45-81.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913b.
Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc.
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913l.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
PDF
Forel, A.
1916.
Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460.
PDF
Framenau, V. W.
;
Thomas, M. L.
2008.
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): identification and distribution.
Records of the Western Australian Museum 25:45-85.
PDF
Guénard, B.
;
Dunn, R. R.
2012.
A checklist of the ants of China.
Zootaxa 3358:1-77.
PDF
Lin, C.-C.
;
Wu, W.-J.
2003.
The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.].
Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
Santschi, F.
1937h.
Fourmis du Japon et de Formose.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 77:361-388.
PDF
Sharaf, M. R.
;
Aldawood, A. S.
;
Taylor, B.
2011.
The formicine ant genus
Plagiolepis
Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of two new species.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 137:203-215.
PDF
Stärcke, A.
1926a.
Determineertabel voor werkmieren uit Nederland en omliggend gebied, met inbegrip der in kassen zich voortplantende exoten.
Levende Natuur 31:79-95, 117-125, 146-151.
PDF
Tang, J.
;
Li, S.
;
Huang, E.
;
Zhang, B.
;
Chen, Y.
1995.
Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). [In Chinese.].
Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp.
Teranishi, C.
1940.
Works of Cho Teranishi. Memorial Volume. [In Japanese, English and German, in part.].
Osaka: Kansai Entomological Society, 312 + (posthumous section) 95 pp.
Terayama, M.
2009.
A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera).
Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
PDF
Viehmeyer, H.
1916a ("1915").
Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168.
PDF
Wang, W. Y.
;
Soh, E. J. Y.
;
Yong, G. W. J.
;
Wong, M. K. L.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Yamane, S.
2022.
Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy.
Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006:1-152. [online early]
10.20362/am.015006
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Wheeler, W. M.
1928c.
Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22:3-38.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1929h.
Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24:27-64.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1930k.
A list of the known Chinese ants.
Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1934i.
Revised list of Hawaiian ants.
Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 10(21):1-21.
Wheeler, W. M.
1935g.
Check list of the ants of Oceania.
Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
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;
Taylor, R. W.
1967b.
The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
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PDF
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